Translation as cultural diplomacy: a Chinese perspective. Issue 7 (10th November 2021)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- Translation as cultural diplomacy: a Chinese perspective. Issue 7 (10th November 2021)
- Main Title:
- Translation as cultural diplomacy: a Chinese perspective
- Authors:
- Jiang, Mengying
- Abstract:
- ABSTRACT: The People's Republic of China, since its foundation in 1949, has been at the forefront of strategizing outward translation (translation of works for readers outside of China) as a means of cultural diplomacy. The concept ' guojia fanyi shijian ' (literally, national translation practice) is being developed by Chinese scholars to analyze state-sponsored translation. This article provides a historical overview of China's state-sponsored outward translation activities and aims to highlight the conundrum of deploying translation as a means of cultural diplomacy in the Chinese context. The close relationship between the concept of soft power and the Chinese propaganda system not only constrains the creativity and attractiveness of cultural resources, but also predisposes translation projects to prioritize the source culture over the target culture. Based on the possibility of extending cultural diplomacy beyond national interests, this article argues that the Chinese government's use of translation for cultural diplomacy should draw insights from intercultural communication practices to reinvent the principle of ' neiwai youbie ' (different approaches to domestic and foreign propaganda work). In particular, the growing international popularity of Chinese online literature, largely translated by fans, is a timely reminder for policymakers to reform their conventional translation policies with the aim of increasing soft power.
- Is Part Of:
- International journal of cultural policy. Volume 27:Issue 7(2021)
- Journal:
- International journal of cultural policy
- Issue:
- Volume 27:Issue 7(2021)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 27, Issue 7 (2021)
- Year:
- 2021
- Volume:
- 27
- Issue:
- 7
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2021-0027-0007-0000
- Page Start:
- 892
- Page End:
- 904
- Publication Date:
- 2021-11-10
- Subjects:
- Cultural diplomacy -- outward translation -- national translation practice -- soft power -- Chinese online literature
Cultural policy -- Periodicals
353.7 - Journal URLs:
- http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/gcul20/current ↗
http://www.tandfonline.com/ ↗
http://journalsonline.tandf.co.uk/app/home/journal.asp?wasp=1lbfdmuxtp2wvgvwyjf6&referrer=parent&backto=searchpublicationsresults, 1, 1;homemain, 1, 1; ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1080/10286632.2021.1872554 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 1028-6632
- Deposit Type:
- Legaldeposit
- View Content:
- Available online (eLD content is only available in our Reading Rooms) ↗
- Physical Locations:
- British Library DSC - 4542.180700
British Library DSC - BLDSS-3PM
British Library HMNTS - ELD Digital store - Ingest File:
- 20221.xml